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127.The Fisher and the Little Fish
It happened that a fisher, after fishing all day, caught only a little fish. “Pray, let me go, master,” said the fish. “I am much too small for you to eat just now. If you put me back into the river I shall soon grow. Then you can make a fine meal off me.”
“No, no, my little fish,” said the fisher. “I have you now. I may not catch you hereafter.”
A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect.